Margaret Malinda Pershing

Ancestors

Person Page 823

Abraham Davis

M, #20571, b. 25 May 1781, d. 28 August 1862

Family: Anna Maria Bernd (b. 29 February 1788, d. before 1823)

Daughter*Elizabeth Davis (b. after 1800)
Daughter*Phebe Davis (b. after 1800)
Daughter*Rachel Anne Davis+ (b. 1802, d. 5 September 1880)
Son*Benjamin H. Davis (b. 1803)
Daughter*Sarah Davis (b. 1803)
Son*Samuel Davis+ (b. April 1806, d. 27 April 1873)
Son*Jacob M. Davis (b. 28 October 1808, d. 22 December 1886)
Son*Johannes Davis (b. 18 December 1812, d. 26 July 1875)
Daughter*Mary Davis+ (b. 7 December 1814, d. 4 May 1894)

Biography

Abraham Davis was born between 1765 and 1774.1 He was born in 1771.2 He was born between 1780 and 1790.3 He was born on 25 May 1781.2,4,5,6 He was born in 1782 in Pennsylvania.7 He was born in 1783 in Pennsylvania.8 He and Anna Maria Bernd were married after 1800.9,9,10 He was buried in on 28 August 1862 in Luzerne Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.6 He died on 29 August 1863 at age 82 in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.10,6 He died in 1873 at age ~92 at Davistown in Salt Lick, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was buried on 28 August 1863 at Rebecca Cemetery/Hopewell Cemetery in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.10,2,4
Abraham Davis was also known as Abraham Dewes. He lived at Champion Run in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.10 He witnessed the churchmemb of Jacob Barnett between 1800 and 1829 in Davistown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.5 Abraham Davis lived in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, on 25 October 1803.11 He appeared in the census in 1810 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.1 He was with Jacob Barnett in 1829 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.10 In 1830 Abraham Davis was in Springfield Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Abraham built a saw mill about 1830 also carding, fulling and grist mills. He opened his home to Church services till a church could be built.10 He was a grantee of on 5 October 1831 of in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.12 He surveyed on 18 November 1831 in Bullskin Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.5 He was a grantor on 6 May 1848 of in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.5 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.8 He was a grantee and William Seifert were grantees of William Seifert on 7 April 1853 of in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Ohio.5 Abraham Davis appeared in the census in 1860 in Saltlick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.7

Citations

  1. [S1781] PA Census 1810 recorded as Extract #2186
    1810 Pennsylvania Federal Census, Original.
  2. [S5283] FayetteCoPA Cemeteries Tombstones recorded as Extract #7352.
  3. [S2417] PA Census 1840 recorded as Extract #2993, 1840 Pennsylvania Federal Census [Cumberland co, Dauphin co] (). Hereinafter cited as 1840 PA Census.
  4. [S6283] PA Genealogy Rootsweb recorded as Extract #8624, online http://rootsweb.com, http://rootsweb.com (), downloaded 2 Oct 1999.
  5. [S13425] Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of Willia recorded as Extract #13093 Davis and Cropley Heritage with the Life of William Thornton Cropley Aka Wilmer Lee Davis, online http://books.google.com/books?id=z0X8lRyMpuIC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=%22john+brooks%22+fayette+county+pennsylvania+dorothy&source=bl&ots=IdZ1aWvEcG&sig=ulzBnifzSuTgYyNeG0FJYdiKmIM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j1_LU5aGKMzxoAS8j4GIBg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22john%20b formerly published: Marilyn Cropley, (Trafford Publishing)
  6. [S8983] US Cemeteries recorded as Extract #10584
    Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/index.html. Hereinafter cited as FindAGrave.
  7. [S330] OH Census 1860 recorded as Extract #407
    1860 Ohio Census and Index, Census.
  8. [S772] PA Census 1850 recorded as Extract #1081
    1850 Pennsylvania Federal Census and Index.
  9. [S2923] recorded as Extract #3655 Mervine, Wm. H., Barnet, Davis, Gallentine, Resler, Faust and Kern ().
  10. [S2994] Smaltz, Janet recorded as Extract #3735
    Letter from Smaltz, Janet (1419 N. 21st Street Bismarck, North Dakota) to Rasmusson, Jenny, 1998; ().
  11. [S449] FayetteCoPA Genealogy Records recorded as Extract #570.
  12. [S5681] FayetteCoPA Land Survey Index recorded as Extract #7944 Fayette County, Pennsylvania Index to Surveys, FHL#861079 - 861088. Hereinafter cited as Fayette Index to Surveys.

Maria Betten

F, #20574, b. 13 January 1802

Parents

Father*Mathew Patton (b. between 1755 and 1774)
Mother*Fenne Barnet (b. before 1765)

Biography

Maria Betten was born on 13 January 1802 in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.1
Maria Betten was also known as Maria Patton. She had person sources.1 She was baptized on 9 May 1802 at Good Hope Lutheran Church in Salt Lick Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.1

Citations

  1. [S5674] SaltLickFayettePA Church Good Hope recorded as Extract #7936, 1994.